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Karski E.Thomas Wood

Karski By E.Thomas Wood

Karski by E.Thomas Wood


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As a courier for the Polish Underground, Jan Karski witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust during the early years of World War II. This book relates how he escaped occupied Poland in 1942 and embarked on a crusade to give Allied leaders his account of the Nazi's extermination of the Jews.

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Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust by E.Thomas Wood

The story of a man who risked life and limb to expose the atrocities of the Holocaust to the world I had the feeling from the moment I saw Karski that he carried secret, invisible wounds in him...I saw he was fighting back the memories. - Elie Wiesel A significant account of personal heroism-not only dramatic as a story but also a compelling moral message regarding the human condition ...a superb read. - Zbigniew Brezinski NOW IN PAPER! Working for the Polish Underground, Jan Karski witnessed first hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Surviving Soviet captivity and Gestapo torture, he escaped Poland in 1942 and embarked on a heroic crusade to give Allied leaders his eye witness report of Nazi extermination of European Jews. Karski is the first definitive account of the little-known episode-one of the earliest documentations of atrocities to reach the west and perhaps the most significant warning of the genocide to come. Karski's story introduces vital new insights about the Polish Underground, and about the Allies' reaction to the Holocaust. E. THOMAS WOOD (Nashville, Tennessee) is a reporter for the Tennessean in Nashville. STANISLAW M. JANKOWSKI (Cracow, Poland) is a journalist and historian. He is the leading authority on the Polish Underground.

Table of Contents

RITES OF INITIATION: AUGUST 1939--JUNE 1940. Autumn of Flight. Apprentice to the Underground. Off to the Phony War. LIFE ON THE EDGE: JUNE 1940--SEPTEMBER 1942. Sacrifice. A Routine Existence. Witness. TERRIBLE SECRETS: OCTOBER 1942--SEPTEMBER 1943. Carrying the Message. In Official Circles. Defeat in Victory. HEARTS AND MINDS: SEPTEMBER 1943--JULY 1945. Unmasked. Fame in Vain. EPILOGUE. Silence Vowed, Silence Broken. Glossary of Names. Sources and Notes. Index.

Additional information

GOR002077187
9780471018568
0471018562
Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust by E.Thomas Wood
Used - Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19941103
316
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